Dot to Dot: Dinosaur with Short Arms — Ages 6–8
A friendly dinosaur with a big head, tiny arms and a long tail is hidden in twenty-six dots for six- to eight-year-olds who can count well into the twenties.
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Dot to Dot: Dinosaur with Short Arms — Ages 6–8
How to use this worksheet
- Dot 1 is on top of the head. The dinosaur faces left, so the line first runs right and down the back.
- Dots 7 to 12 swing out to the right and form the tail, the longest part of the outline.
- Dots 13 to 19 run along the feet at the bottom, where the numbers are close together.
- Dots 20 to 26 climb up the chest, past the short arm, to the snout; join 26 to 1.
What this worksheet teaches
The count crosses twenty, and the step from 19 to 20 is where many children stall, because the new decade begins with a new word. The shape trains planning: the tail sends the line far to the right, and the child has to trust the numbers to bring it back. There is also a lesson in proportion, as the arms are tiny next to the head. Tyrannosaurus rex, the best-known short-armed dinosaur, grew to about 12 meters (40 feet) long, yet its arms were only about a meter long, with two fingers each.
Play idea
Measure a Tyrannosaurus in the hallway or the park: take about twelve big adult steps and see how long it really was. Then give the dinosaur on the card a name.